If you are interested in providing construction or maintenance services for the project, please come and speak with Pattern Development's construction team during the event. We want your business and contact information!

Bonham, Sherman and Denison all received between 10%-11% more than the comparable payment for the previous year. These allocations for January are based on sales made in November by businesses that report tax monthly.

Flashers will warn drivers that flooding is imminent or occurring. The City of McKinney Office of Emergency Management, NCTCOG and TWDB will host an open house at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 24 at McKinney Fire Station 9, 4900 Summit View Dr. to share a presentation and answer questions regarding the Early Flood Warning System.

Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen by Sarah Bird will be the book for discussion at the Bonham Public Library, Friday, January 25 at 1:00. The book review is a time to take a bite out of history, a bite out of a good book and to enjoy a sweet bite during the discussion. The dramatic tale is loosely based on the life of Cathay Williams, a former slave and the first woman to ever serve in the U.S. Army—disguised as a man with the Buffalo Soldiers, the Black Cavalry that fought Native Americans in the Indian Wars.

1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Khe Sanh: One of the most publicized and controversial battles of the war begins. The Battle of Khe Sanh (21 January – 9 July 1968) was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Quảng Trị Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam), during the Vietnam War. The main US forces defending Khe Sanh Combat Base (KSCB) were two regiments of US Marines supported by elements from the United States Army and the United States Air Force, as well as a small number of South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) troops. These were pitted against two to three divisional-size elements of the North Vietnamese Army. Over 100,000 tons of bombs were dropped by US aircraft and over 158,000 artillery rounds were fired in defense of the base. Throughout the campaign, US forces used the latest technology to locate NVA forces for targeting. Additionally, the logistical effort required to support the base once it was isolated demanded the implementation of other tactical innovations to keep the Marines supplied. In March 1968, an overland relief expedition (Operation Pegasus) was launched by a combined Marine–Army/South Vietnamese task force that eventually broke through to the Marines at Khe Sanh. American commanders considered the defense of Khe Sanh a success, but shortly after the siege was lifted, the decision was made to dismantle the base rather than risk similar battles in the future. In the aftermath, the North Vietnamese proclaimed a victory at Khe Sanh, while US forces claimed that they had withdrawn, as the base was no longer required. Historians have observed that the Battle of Khe Sanh may have distracted American and South Vietnamese attention from the buildup of Viet Cong forces in the south before the early 1968 Tet Offensive.